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Tunisia: former Cereals Office CEO Taïeb Belhadj dies

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Tunisia: former Cereals Office CEO Taïeb Belhadj diesElarbi alaeddin · CC BY-SA 3.0

Engineer Taïeb Belhadj, former CEO of Tunisia's Cereals Office and co-founder of the National Union of Engineers, died on 6 November 2026. The Tunisian Order of Engineers paid tribute to him in a statement.

Engineer Taïeb Belhadj, former president and CEO of the Tunisian Cereals Office, died on Friday 6 November 2026, the Tunisian Order of Engineers announced. The organisation paid tribute to him for his contribution to structuring the engineering profession in Tunisia.

Taïeb Belhadj was among the first founders of the National Union of Engineers, which later became the Tunisian Order of Engineers, according to the professional organisation.

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